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This December marked the completion of 1000 days of deadly war in Yemen with thousands killed, tens of thousands wounded, and millions displaced and pushed towards famine.

On 26th of March 2015, a coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia, with support from the United States and Great Britain, began a bombing campaign in Yemen. It was meant to stop the rebel movement taking over the country.

One thousand days later, with 10,000 people dead from the fighting, close to a million infected with cholera, and 7 million at risk of acute famine, yet, the war shows no sign of stopping.

The U.S. and Britain have been intimately involved in prosecuting the war, supplying weapons, logistical help and diplomatic support to their longtime regional ally Saudi Arabia and its coalition, which also includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Sudan.

Besides selling weapons to the Saudis, American and British military advisers have provided training and intelligence and the U.S. has helped refuel coalition jets. With the result, hospitals are unable to treat the most basic of illnesses, the war destroyed infrastructure and crippled the economy. And buildings which stood proud for centuries have been reduced to rubble and dust.

The public sector, the country’s largest employer, has essentially been shut down, with teachers, doctors and civil servants of all kinds going unpaid since fall 2016.

In addition to, providing arms to Saudi, United States has also supported the Saudi regime in naval and aerial blockade on Yemen, that has so far killed over 12,000 people and led to a humanitarian crisis as well as a deadly cholera outbreak, which US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley, tried to white wash this month when she tried to accuse Iran of supplying Yemen with missiles.

The Saudi-led coalition has no right to wage an illegal military campaign against Yemen just because they want to reinstate ousted or shall i say a dead president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, which clearly depicts crimes against humanity.

Quite the opposite, the Yemeni people have every right to strike back under the banner of the UN Charter. Speaking of the UN, the world body doesn’t have the clout to stop the Saudi madness, and that gives further right to the resistance movement in Yemen to target the Saudi palaces in Riyadh with ballistic missiles.

Every time the world body makes concessions that allow perpetrators of crimes under international law to evade criticism or justice, it emboldens others to commit violations that cause immense misery to people around the world.

The UN and other international communities all failed in providing a condition to stop the fires in Yemen. Saudi Arabia, supported by the US and armed by the United Kingdom, continues to kill civilians and destroy public places.

An end to the Yemeni people’s misery doesn’t seem to be in sight because the peace dialogue remains deadlocked.

This is while the number of those who lost their lives out of starvation and famine may double this number. A major part of the victims has been children and unarmed women.

Besides, the massive outbreak of cholera, caused by the unprecedented famine that Saudi blockade imposed on the country, took the lives of more then 2,000 and is pushing the country into an emergency condition. Estimates shows that the number of infected has surpassed 1 million.

The International Rescue Committee released videos of the catastrophe in which people say they are routinely under fire and living without food or basic amenities. IRC called for an instant ceasefire or the catastrophe in Yemen will turn into a real genocide from which nobody could be saved.

Apart from killing civilians on purpose, Saudi-led coalition also striked healthcare centers and demolished drug stores. “Unless the blockade is completely lifted, then conditions in Yemen will continue to deteriorate and innocent civilians will pay the price,” the IRC said.

The strikes started after the people along with Houthis toppled the dictatorship of Mansour Hadi and established the legal and republic government in the capital.

Strikes continue 1,000 days after the start of bloody attack while every minute, some innocent children are murdered. The UN and other international communities all failed in providing a condition to stop the fires in Yemen. Saudi Arabia, supported by the US and armed by the United Kingdom, continues to kill civilians and destroy public places.

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